Middle English walet (â€œwallet, bag, knapsackâ€). Of uncertain origin. Possibly from an assumed Old Northern French *walet "bag, knapsack", from Proto-Germanic*wal- (â€œto rollâ€). More at walk, well, wallow.

Sentence Examples

Lady luck intervened when the director removed a twenty dollar bill from his wallet for a tip for the maid and Howie was able to record the bill number.

He left the wallet with the body so no one knew the card and papers even existed, much less were stolen.

Unlike the others dressed for a white tie event, he was dressed in leather pants with a tight black Pearl Jam T-shirt, his hair braided, a chain from his spiked belt to his wallet, and heavy black boots.

The day before, she'd found quite a few treasures, to include the backpack, a flashlight, the key locker for the cars in the garage, and Jake's wallet, which happened to have a credit card, which she had secretly used to book a flight from Tucson to Virginia.

Words near wallet in the dictionary

Follow YourDictionary

Quote

Riel, our brother, is dead, victim of his devotion to the cause of the Métis of which he was leader, victim of fanatism and treason; of the fanatism of Sir John and of some other friends of his; of the treason of three of our own who, in order to keep their wallet, have sold their brother. Honoré Mercier